Barrage balloons could potentially carry infrared decoys, flares, or radar emitters intended to attract incoming missiles. Moving the balloons around a defended base could also change the apparent layout presented to a terrain-following system. This is a proposed adaptation of an older defensive device to modern weapons. Its effectiveness remains speculative, with no tested result established here.
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Could barrage balloons carry missile decoys?
A speculative revival of barrage balloons would use infrared decoys or radar emitters to complicate attacks on a base.